Authorities checking abandoned properties near the Oroville Dam crisis in North Sacramento made a surprising discovery of a home where several exotic animals, including an albino kangaroo, a mini deer, and zebras were left behind.

'We never know what we'll discover out here. We hope life gets back to normal here real soon and that the owners are able to return to their properties,' the California Highway Patrol wrote on Facebook after posting several photos and video of the abandoned critters.

The animals are now all with a veteran rescuer who has a large piece of property and is willing to keep them until their owners can return or make arrangements for them.

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A smiling California Highway Patrol officer buddies up to his new pal, Kenzie, an albino kangaroo who was rescued when her owners fled the area, leaving her behind with several other exotic pets

Officer Crandall makes a new friend - Mary, who is about seven years old and was rescued by the California Highway Patrol

Tamara Archer Houston, who agreed to keep the animals on her ranch in Sutter, was filmed petting Kenzie, the albino kangaroo, who she said was not quite a year old.

'Kenzie actually sleeps in bed with her owner every night with her diaper, so this has to be a new deal for her,' Houston said, caressing Kenzie, who appeared to be in a barn.

Kenzie's friend, Dottie, is a red kangaroo that Houston said 'has to be at least eight.'

A seven year old Muntjac deer named Mary is now chilling at a rescue ranch after being saved from the Oroville Dam crisis in northern California

One of the rescuing officers, Officer Crandall, posted video of herself with Kenzie, and also with a multi-colored bird, which one poster identified as a Galah bird.

The mini deer is identified as a seven year old Muntjac deer named Mary.

Posters were irate that the owners would have left so many animals behind, but officers said on Facebook that residents had less than an hour to evacuate, so taking so many large and unusual animals with them on such short notice might have been impossible.

A police officer cuddles up to rescue roos Kenzie and Mary who were rescued when their family had to flee in the Oroville Dam crisis

The owners were apparently permitted to have the wild animals through the Fish and Game agency.

CPH said all the animals are safe and being well cared for until they can be reunited to their owners.

'They actually seem as though they are enjoying their mini vacation,' Houston wrote on Facebook.

Nearly 200,000 people were told they could return to their homes Tuesday night but may have to evacuate again at a moment's notice.

Hundreds of thousands of people downstream of the state's largest dam had to suddenly leave their homes Sunday when the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam was about to give way to the full lake and send a 30ft wall of water cascading down into the nearby towns.

The crumbling dam has since been shored up but authorities are still unsure if the fixes will hold.

Tamara Archer Houston (pictured) volunteered to keep the animals on her large property (right) - she and her family have rescued animals for years

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The Oroville Dam (above) threatened to give way on Sunday and residents had to flee